Faith implies a continuing search, not necessarily a final answer.
JIMMY CARTERHuman identity is no longer defined by what one does but rather by what one owns.
More Jimmy Carter Quotes
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I hate to see complacency prevail in our lives when it’s so directly contrary to the teaching of Christ.
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We’ve got to stop crying and start sweating, stop talking and start walking, stop cursing and start praying. The strength we need will not come from the White House, but from every house in America.
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We cannot resort to simplistic or extreme solutions which substitute myths for common sense.
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Many of the most highly publicized events of my presidency are not nearly as memorable or significant in my life as fishing with my daddy.
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Whether the borders that divide us are picket fences or national boundaries, we are all neighbors in a global community.
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One of our nation’s greatest leaders of all time was Hubert Horatio Hornblower.
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I am no big shot. I am not anybody’s boss. I want to be everybody’s servant.
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Jerry Falwell can go straight to hell – and I mean that in a Christian way.
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A fundamentalist can’t bring himself or herself to negotiate with people who disagree with them because the negotiating process itself is an indication of implied equality.
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Every advance in this half-century-Social Security, civil rights, Medicare, aid to education, one after another-came with the support and leadership of American Labor.
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We should live our lives as though Christ were coming this afternoon.
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I have never been happier, more exhilarated, at peace, rested, inspired, and aware of the grandeur of the universe and the greatness of God than when I find myself in a natural setting not much changed from the way He made it.
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Everyone who has run knows that its most important value is in removing tension and allowing a release from whatever other cares the day may bring.
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The test of a government is not how popular it is with the powerful and privileged few but how honestly and fairly it deals with the many who must depend on it.
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I have one life and one chance to make it count for something… My faith demands that I do whatever I can, wherever I am, whenever I can, for as long as I can with whatever I have to try to make a difference.
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